Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
THE SOUTH SIDE.
A Drive Over the City With q Besutf-
full Young Man Who Uses Double,
JOinted Language.
misunderstanding Enterprises Tarrant
County Discussed Inteiligentiy.

'I'm going TO The South Side, +" said q
prominent Main street real esta'e agent
to THE GAZETTE scribe YESTERDAY 6 ct
in aud see the town in that direction"
'L'm AFRAID should not" said the
scribe.
"W6y:J
Because
"WhY because
Cpd better not"
"Why not?"
Because
"That is no reason al al" persisted
the young Main street gentleman, his face
flushing with the hectic Eues Of purity
AMI innocence annoyed, cecil me WY i, 5
that YOU Cannot cone
only reputation is not very sts.wart
now" quOth the scribe, with liques-
cent murmur ard an iunocyrt, childish
CGncOr which mss often exposed him tC
the refrigerated charities Of this uuieel-
lag world. Only reputation S not
rugged now ike il used to be when | Wgs
younger and fear It might not stand
the strain Of riding SO late in the evening
with a strange men. People might tslk."
\ graceful and agile jump behind &
lamp pest saved tle scribe from an IN
friendly missile, and Q quick compliance
with the invitation OF MS friend rendered
tle opening portion OF this narrative g
settled issue, or one Of these pears from
under Omau's green water, called 2
chestnut" by the profaue.
We drove down Main street and across
= the South Side On every hand was
en- appearance of thrift, energy, improve
meIt and life old houses were being re-
paired or replaced by new ones, new
buildings were going up, teauGfui
lawns AMI EMPOWERED walks greeted the
gaze and suggested thoughts Of fairvlaud
to the observer while tire hammer and
din Of the artisan recalled the mind To
the pushing realities Of the present.
Presently the soft, sweet voice of The
scribe stole like the laughter Of some
musical Mineh8ha through the rattle and
din OF progress with The query:
"Whst do yCg think Of Fort Worth as
city the artesis1 water feature is
barred "
think it q miraculous city with 9
di.tering present end q future too grand
and glorious to- ordinary minds to com
preherd. Just think OF it When every
other city In TeXss was crying for w5ter
81 summer, Fort Worth had OYER POO
"HcId, that's barred"
"keep still. rs not pc.e 10 inter
rupt 8 gentleman in the middle eta story.
Wait I'll I reach the cunez- As l wss
saying, Cert Worth hsd over 20L
wealthy men, banded together
IN BugssU to induce
a.,
wonderfully success 5ful, We sic going
to hsYe factories here and don't doubt
it; this Is tle piece for them and CAPT
1aists know it. with advantages Fort
Worth possesses row, operating iac,o-
ries does not simply mean reasonable
return on capital invested, but the pos
session Of these enterprises means the
potentiauty Of acquiring riches beyond
the dreams Of syariCe."
The scribe involuutGrilg placed his
hand on his heart and sbrsuk into { cor
ner Of the buggy. He can set bolt up
right under 81 ordinary storm u die
ti0Uary words but this was 4 hurricane
SCI es," continued the speaker, "this is
the city Of Texas. There is ore thing
you newspaper men ought TO 60 that yoC
omit, and that is advertise the county
! There is less than J fifth OF the araJie
land in this county under cultivation, ant
if these facts were known generally, PEG
Pile would a1ck in and buy them
The GAZETTE is Z whole community anC
/ it hes done much for the town, but licE
or two st the county would help wonder
fully. These lands ought TO be IL cult
v&tion; the county should be lijIed up
would give local market to FCrt WortI
twice as large as she hiss and increas,
( her trade accordingly. DID you eye-
think Of that Well, you ought to, anC
| if you think I am right 60 t
work and tiGd out how
much Tarrant county land ther,
| is for ssle and undeveloped. Let you
! efforts be directed towards booming j
and the town will grow with the county.
The scribe admitted tnst there wa
/ food tor thought in the ABOVE remarks
/ He left the buggy and his friend with tina
grace and suavity for which ne is so pre-
ysdistiHgushed, and fitted light
| ly up the ssnCtum stairs.